African American Islam
Islam is a vital, growing religion in America. Little is known, however, about the religion except through the biased lens of media reports which brand African American Muslims as "Black Muslims" and portray their communities as places of social protest. African American Islam challenges these myths by contextualizing the experience and history of African American Islamic life.
This is the first book to investigate the diverse African American Islamic community on its own terms, in its own language and through its own synthesis of Islamic history and philosophy.
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African American Islam
Islam is a vital, growing religion in America. Little is known, however, about the religion except through the biased lens of media reports which brand African American Muslims as "Black Muslims" and portray their communities as places of social protest. African American Islam challenges these myths by contextualizing the experience and history of African American Islamic life.
This is the first book to investigate the diverse African American Islamic community on its own terms, in its own language and through its own synthesis of Islamic history and philosophy.
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African American Islam

African American Islam

by Aminah Beverly McCloud
African American Islam

African American Islam

by Aminah Beverly McCloud

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Overview

Islam is a vital, growing religion in America. Little is known, however, about the religion except through the biased lens of media reports which brand African American Muslims as "Black Muslims" and portray their communities as places of social protest. African American Islam challenges these myths by contextualizing the experience and history of African American Islamic life.
This is the first book to investigate the diverse African American Islamic community on its own terms, in its own language and through its own synthesis of Islamic history and philosophy.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415907866
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 12/14/1994
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 220
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Aminah Beverly McCloud is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at DePaul University, Chicago.

Table of Contents

1. The Early Communities: 1900 to 1960; 2. Contemporary Communities: 1960 to Present; 3. The Family Structure and Domestic Life; 4. Social Issues and Challenges: The Tension between Darul Islam and Darul Harb; 5. Women in Islam;
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